Just before Golden Week, we had a visit from college friend Mark Lee (previous post).
Mark has a post up on his blog, Goes to Twelve, about the international misunderstanding of the current situation in Japan. What he says is spot-on: large parts of the country have been completely unaffected by the disaster, and its a shame that foreign tourists have been staying away from Japan because of overblown radiation fears.
Basically, if you're planning a trip for anywhere west of Tokyo or north of northern Honshu, you shouldn't let the March disasters or the lingering nuclear situation in Fukushima affect your travel plans at all. Even Tokyo's safe, though inconvenienced by power shortages that could make the summer months uncomfortably hot.
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